2011-2012 Annual Report - Sto:lo Nation

20074 2Chart 32-Annual Breakdown by Completeness of Process2007-201220081610720092 17 327220109 212622011332122320126 4320 50 100 150 200 250 300technical complete incomplete cancelled deferred political review archivalEnvironmental and Planning ProjectsThe SRRMC regained an increased level of involvement with higher-level planning andenvironmental projects. These include working closely with the City of Chilliwack and EBAEngineering on the update of the Vedder River Management Plan, the Fraser Valley RegionalDistrict (FVRD) and its member-Municipalities on the Intergovernmental-Agency Committeefor the update of the Regional Growth Strategy (30 year forecast-regional planning), andpartnering with Sumas First Nation, the FVRD and Metro Vancouver to plan an Inter-RegionalPark for the protection of Sumas Mountain. The SRRMC will also play a larger role in the BCHydro ILM Environmental Management Plan in the upcoming year providing field auditing andoversight for the Biophysical Surveys.Field SchoolsFrom April 26 to May 21, 10 students from the University of Victoria and the University ofSaskatchewan lived and learned in Stó:lō territory. Led by professors Keith Carlson and JohnLutz, in collaboration with the SRRMC staff as supported by the library and archivescollections, the students were immersed in Stó:lō history. Through the generosity andkindness of their home stay hosts and the people who shared their knowledge, the studentswere also introduced to Stó:lō culture. Their reports are now available in the library. Topicsinclude: a brief history of Skowlitz; traditional Stó:lō ways of conflict resolution; contemporaryissues at fishing sites; a brief biography of Kat Pennier; the history of Stó:lō Nation (969-1989); Stó:lō use of English place names, the Billy Sepass Canoe; etc.Repatriation and Museum-Related ProjectsThe Journey Home Project is a collaboration between the Lab of Archaeology at UBC and theSRRMC/House of Respect Care-taking Committee, working toward the analysis andrepatriation of ancestral Stó:lō remains from UBC (Lab of Archaeology). This is an ongoingproject, and headway has been made in notifying UBC and the Stó:lō Bands of the intentionto return those ancestors to the Stó:lō Resource Centre (SRC) as a first step in bringing themhome and taking care of them. Future steps include developing personal histories of eachindividual, as much as possible, to find out about them and develop plans for putting them toPage 61 of 64